Queensryche, Poison, Lacuna Coil In Billboard's Top 30

QUEENSRŸCHE's "Operation: Mindcrime II" has sold 44,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at No. 14 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. This is more than half of the total sales tally registered by the band's last studio album, 2003's "Tribe", which sold 20,000 copies in the first week and has shifted less than 75,000 units so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Meanwhile, the band's 1999 effort, "Q2K", opened with sales of 28,000 and has sold 150,000 copies to date.

QUEENSRŸCHE's top-selling album by far is 1990's "Empire", which was certified triple-platinum in October 1994 for sales in excess of three million copies in the United States. The original "Operation: Mindcrime" release (1988) attained platinum status in August 1991, while 1994's "Promised Land" reached the same plateau in December 1994.

In other chart news, LACUNA COIL's "Karmacode" shifted just under 34,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at No. 28 on next week's The Billboard 200 chart. The band's 2002 album "Comalies" has sold more than 230,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. A representative for the group's record label, Century Media, recently told Billboard magazine that the album has sold 500,000 units worldwide.

LACUNA COIL will be on the cover of at least a half-dozen metal magazines this spring. In addition, an April appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and a segment of "The Mix" on ABC News are slated, according to Billboard.

Another notable debut on this week's chart is POISON's 18-track collection, "The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock", which commemorates POISON's 20th anniversary and the band's career tally of more than 25 million albums and DVDs sold around the world. The album, which packs the group's biggest hits and fan favorites, opens with nearly 40,000 copies to debut at No. 17 on next week's chart.

POISON's "Greatest Hits 1986-1996" collection, which was originally released in November 1996, was officially certified double-platinum in November 2005 by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) for shipments in excess of two million copies in the United States.

The following are notable heavy metal/hard rock U.S. sales debuts for the week ending April 9, 2006, as reported by Nielsen SoundScan (all figures are rounded to the nearest thousand, except numbers under 2,000, which are rounded to the nearest hundred; The Billboard 200 chart position included, where applicable):

i'm 50, and i always thought they sucked. too damn girly. but then, most bands were back then. just one opinion. operation mindcrime was good. a bit ahead of it's time. like some of early rush. can't recall lacuna coil though. too many bonghits i guess.

That's a pretty fair assesment for mind crime.It was genius for what was going on back then.I like Lacuna Coil.I think they are much better than Evanescence.They could use a better producer that's the only thing keeping them back just now that I can imagine as the big issue....And yes I'd give Chrstina Scabia the MONGOLIAN BEAT DOWN !(sexual position if you don't know you better ask sombody !)

lol well dude because i know all fa**ots love bette midler you probably shouldn't be dissapointed in her physical attributes.

and nobody will ever be bothered by your retarded fag babble. dude when you put "da" and metal in the same sentence it only leads me to believe you sh** semen....wookin for wub in all da wong pwaces

pathetic little twat. when i can actually read that butchered mongoloid bullsh** you call ebonics then maybe i'll formally introduce you to the world of music..till then dude enjoy your papa roach vinyl collection

thats why coco is the biggest loser, he comes to the quennsryche,poison,lacuna coil post and of course he has to start with the slayer and being gay thing, give it up man, we all know your secret, stop trying to be someone else.

COCO im a girl b**** plus im not trying to keep you away from Buttkisser so f*** you! Plus were frineds she doesn't mind she and i write on each other names all the time. I write for her some of the time.

OK. I got the new Lacuna Coil disc.I gave it a listen.For those of you that are more hardcore or just into heavier sh** this album is not for you.However If you are like me and can listen to anything in the quote unquote spectrum or realm of ROCK or METAL I recomend it.Or if you just wan't something to keep your girl reasonably entertained.I would suggest it.If you are considering EVANESCENCE.Buy this first.If you are considering WICKED WISDOM(which I still have not heard yet)buy this first.But like I saide if you are not universal in your music tastes don't bother.Still waiting for QUEENSRYCH & I'm in no hurry to hear POISON.